At dusk, in the wilderness, on the battlefield, there were obstacles, separated from each other into passages. A large number of captured or surrendered Goguryeo soldiers were distributed in the passages. They were wearing civilian clothes and bare hands, surrounded by Zhou soldiers, waiting anxiously for their despair.

These Goguryeo soldiers failed to escape from the great defeat and were forced to kneel down and surrender. At this time, they were trapped in Ruwu. They didn't know what their fate would be next, and they could not resist the Zhou army with terrifying weapons. They could only leave it to fate.

The soldiers belonged to different institutions, and after being captured, the system was disrupted, so even if they had ideas, they could not find familiar comrades in their urgency.

Most of them just had a meal in the early morning, then fought for half a day, and ran for half a day. At this time, they were thirsty and hungry, and they were mostly exhausted. Even if they wanted to struggle to death, they didn't have much strength.

In today's battle, they seemed to have a nightmare. The deafening explosion made them frightened birds. Now, whenever there is a louder sound, many people will be shocked to look around.

In panic, people saw torches lit around, and then many Zhou soldiers escorted some prisoners, asking them to shout loudly in Goguryeo and announce three things.

First, the king's army prepared the pancakes, and everyone would line up to get them to eat later. One person and two, and a spoonful of soup. Everyone had a share. Of course, the "king army" mentioned by the prisoners refers to the Zhou army.

Secondly, Master Wang welcomes everyone to serve. After a while, he received the cooked cakes. Those who are interested in serving will walk to the place where the white flag is flying in front.

Third, the king's army went east to settle the score with the Goguryeo King and would not make things difficult for everyone. If he didn't want to serve, he would get the pancakes in a while and leave here and go east. Wherever he went, he would go at will, but he could only leave empty-handed.

When the prisoners heard this, they were all shocked and puzzled. They didn't know if Zhou Jun did this on purpose.

Many people have families and are hard to give up. Of course, they want to go back instead of staying, but they are afraid of raising their legs and walking eastward. Zhou Jun goes back on his word and shoots cold arrows behind their backs.

But at this time, the night is about to fall, and the sky is dark. After a while, I will be filled with the pancakes and it will be dark. Then I will leave while the night is dark, and it seems safe to leave.

When many people thought of cooking cakes, they screamed and couldn't help but line up to get the cooking cakes. The Zhou army on the outside retreated halfway and gave up the east, south and west, setting up a scene of "Let you come and go freely".

No one ran away, but lined up honestly because everyone was still waiting to eat pancakes to fill their stomachs.

As time passed, many full people began to hesitate, and some people tentatively walked eastward and gradually left, but they did not see Zhou Bing chasing him.

So he went further and further away, and his figure disappeared into the night.

Seeing this, many prisoners who were watching also plucked up their courage to walk eastward, and more and more people were walking, in groups of three or five, as if they were in the market.

Someone stayed there, looked at the left comrades, and then looked at the Zhou Bing wearing strong and held sharp edges. He hesitated, and then walked towards the camp where the white flag was flying.

Some people took the lead, and more people followed one after another.

Yuwen Weihan, who was watching the sidelines, was a little excited when he saw this: This is the one who took the initiative to defect to him, which shows that the government army is also very attractive!

In this battle, the official army captured tens of thousands of enemy soldiers. How to deal with these prisoners became a major problem that Yuwen Weihan had to solve.

With so many prisoners, it would consume a lot of food if they kept them. They would also have to be divided into soldiers to guard them in case there was a change, which was very troublesome.

Even if some prisoners are absorbed to replenish their troops, there will be many people left. If they are transported back to the country as slaves, they will first be too far away from Yalu Water and need to be sent to escort them. During this period, they will also consume a lot of food to raise, which is still very troublesome.

So, why not kill them all to avoid future troubles, and then use the head to build Jingguan to demonstrate the great military power of our Great Zhou King Army?

Yuwen Weihan was unsure of his mind, and several marching supervisors also had different opinions. The Chief Secretary Wang Xu suggested releasing the people to demonstrate the great military power of the Great Zhou King's Army.

This idea sounds ridiculous, because putting so many prisoners back is equivalent to letting the tiger return to the mountain. Goguryeo can organize it immediately, and immediately there are tens of thousands of troops. Today's battle is like a waste of time.

In this way, how did the King of Great Zhou establish "high military power" in the hearts of the Goguryeo military and civilians?

However, Wang Zhu had a statement: Releasing prisoners can shake the resistance of Goguryeo's military and civilians.

First of all, the military and civilians of Goguryeo were very hostile to the Zhou Kingdom. Even though there were the remains of the Central Plains, they had no idea of ​​a homeland because they were isolated from the Central Plains for a hundred years.

If the prisoners were killed and the heads of the capital were built, and the military and civilians of Goguryeo were intimidated and forced to force the military and civilians of Goguryeo to resist.

He gave an example: Wei and Yan clashed, and in the battle of Chanhebei, the Wei army won and killed 40,000 Yan troops surrendered, which was to weaken the national strength of Yan State.

Later, the Wei army invaded Yan State and the troops arrived at the Yan capital Zhongshan. They fought fiercely, but Zhongshan never came. The soldiers and civilians in the city refused to surrender at the end of their journey, because the Wei army surrendered in the Battle of Chanhebei.

So the Wei army spent several more months to add a lot of casualties before finally conquering Zhongshan, which could have been avoided.

Therefore, Wang Jun believed that even if the official army was invincible, there was no need to kill prisoners to establish authority. It would be troublesome to keep so many prisoners. For a long-term solution, it would be better to leave, which would have the effect of twice the result with half the effort.

In today's battle, the power of artillery was fully demonstrated. These Goguryeo prisoners have seen with their own eyes what the absolute difference in power is. The fear brought to them by the artillery has been imprinted in their hearts.

After these prisoners ran back, they would inevitably be reorganized into an army by Goguryeo. They would only spread the power of artillery, making more soldiers and civilians tremble and lose their fighting spirit.

If you can't fight, you may die on the battlefield. If you surrender, you will not be killed or beheaded by Jijingguan.

So for ordinary soldiers and the people, even if they don’t like Zhou, as long as they can survive, what’s wrong with surrendering?

Therefore, Wang Jun suggested releasing prisoners, and at the same time he also recruited surrenders and accepted rebels, and welcomed surrendered troops to submit to him.

However, when they were released, only ordinary soldiers were released, and all captured generals (except for soldiers like Shi Chang) were imprisoned. After these soldiers ran back with bare hands, Goguryeo not only had to spend a lot of effort to arm them, but also consumed a lot of food.

These soldiers have been frightened by artillery. Even if they go to the battlefield again, when the cannon sounds, how many people still have the courage to move forward instead of trembling, and turn around and run away if they are not right?

The other soldiers of an army composed of frightened birds will inevitably be affected, so how powerful can this army be?

Yuwen Weihan thought Wang Jun’s suggestion was good, so he decided to release the prisoners and each of them was accompanied by two cooked cakes.

Now, he looked at the gradually dissipating crowds and the sporadic prisoners. Although these people were not many relative to the total number, it was enough for Yuwen Weihan.

The attitude of the official army has been made, that is, if you dare to fight against the royal army, you will die for a lifetime, but you will be able to save your life if you surrender.

He didn't believe that all the soldiers and civilians of Goguryeo were dead soldiers. Facing the roaring artillery, they all looked at death and sweared to live and die with the powerful.
Chapter completed!